Robotics Engineer Jobs in New York
Robotics Engineer jobs in New York are in strong demand, with openings concentrated in advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defense, medical devices, and autonomous systems across experience levels from entry-level to principal engineer. New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester are the largest hiring metros, anchored by employers like Lockheed Martin, IBM, and Stryker, which maintain significant engineering operations across the state. The most sought-after specializations include ROS-based software integration, industrial automation, and human-robot interaction. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Aescape is a New York-based physical AI and robotics company redefining human recovery through intelligent, precision bodywork, elevating it into a consistent, outcomes-driven practice.
Powered by real-time body mapping, advanced robotics, and proprietary software, Aescape delivers deeply personalized bodywork that continuously adapts to the individual. This creates a superior way for members to move with greater ease, recover more efficiently, and optimize how they feel every single day.
Aescape is building a defining brand for recovery, shifting behavior from a sporadic experience into a progressive, measurable routine, unlocking compounding benefits that build lasting resilience and laying the groundwork for an entirely new category of proactive human health and performance.
Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments, including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Four Seasons, Pause Studios, and Remedy Place, and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures.
Aescape is looking for a Robotics Test Engineer to be the technical conscience of Aescape's reliability and manufacturing test program, owning test protocols for bench and life testing on complex robotic mechatronic systems through EVT, DVT and PVT and into mass production, spanning mechanical, electrical and software interfaces. You will build on the existing reliability lab at Aescape HQ and partner directly with our contract manufacturer and key suppliers to implement and project manage tests, fixtures and test software on the factory floor. You will sit within Operations, working closely with Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical and Software Engineering. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
This role is hybrid, based out of our NYC office in Chelsea.
What You’ll Do
Reliability & Manufacturing Test Program Ownership: Own the end-to-end reliability and manufacturing test program through NPI and into mass production. Define what gets tested and write the test SOPs, protocols and specifications (scope, equipment requirements, sampling rates, pass/fail criteria), validating against the Engineering Requirements Document (ERD). Manage the test fixture build process with suppliers or a third party, and coordinate and run or oversee testing across HQ, the CM and third-party facilities, ensuring test data is uploaded and reviewed promptly, with failures triaged immediately in partnership with the supplier. Analyze the data and report results to Engineering and Operations for approval.
HQ Reliability Lab & Environmental/Life Testing: Maintain and develop the existing Aescape HQ reliability lab, commissioning equipment and fixtures as needed and ensuring calibration and lab discipline. Plan and execute environmental and life testing in-house or co-ordinate via a third-party lab, aligned to standards such as MIL-STD-810, IEC 60068, IPC and HALT/HASS where appropriate.
Factory & Supplier Test Implementation: Define and deploy reliability and manufacturing tests and test scripts at our contract manufacturer and key suppliers, project managing test fixture development by the CM and suppliers through to implementation.
Failure Analysis & Root Cause: Lead failure analysis on parts and assemblies from HQ, third-party lab, and supplier testing; work with Mechanical, Electrical and Software Engineering to drive issues to root cause and close out corrective actions back into the design and test protocol.
International Travel: ~10% international travel required (to CM and supplier sites).
What You’ll Bring
Education & Experience: BS in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Test or a related engineering discipline with a minimum of 5 years of reliability and test engineering experience in a hardware product environment (robotics, consumer electronics, or similar).
Reliability Test Mindset: You approach every test with a clear question in mind, what could fail, how, and when, and hunt failures to root cause, staying with them until corrective actions are verified, not just identified.
Coding Fluency: Strong Python (or equivalent) for test automation, data parsing and analysis; able to write production-quality test scripts and data-processing pipelines independently.
Process-Driven & Detail-Oriented: Highly disciplined about following, documenting and improving processes; writes clear procedures, test SOPs, specifications and reports, and validates tests against engineering requirements documentation; adheres precisely to established test protocols and catches inconsistencies others miss.
Hands-On Lab Engineering: Comfortable specifying, commissioning and operating reliability test equipment including life rigs, data acquisition systems, oscilloscopes and electrical loads. Able to build or oversee the build of test fixtures.
Contract Manufacturer & Supplier Partnership: Experience working directly with contract manufacturers and suppliers to implement and project manage tests, test fixtures and test software on the factory floor.
Statistical Rigour & Sampling: Strong grasp of statistical analysis including distributions, control limits, capability studies (Cpk), Gauge R&R, DOE, hypothesis testing, sampling rates/plans (AQL) and accelerated-life models (Weibull). Working knowledge of reliability test standards (e.g. MIL-STD-810, IEC 60068, HALT/HASS). Use data rather than opinion to make pass/fail and design decisions.
Communication & Collaboration: Strong verbal and written skills for presenting test findings and providing clear documentation of work.
Adaptability: Comfortable with ambiguity and able to pivot as priorities shift in a fast-moving startup; willing to take on tasks outside your core role when required.
3D Modelling: Experience with SolidWorks or equivalent CAD tool for fixture and test rig design review.
LabVIEW: Proficiency preferred (CLAD or higher).
Work Onsite: Ability to work in our NYC office 3 days a week.
International Travel: Ability to travel internationally to CM and supplier sites (~10%)
What’s In It For You
Join a trailblazing robotics and AI company building the future of recovery
The chance to make a difference with a product that empowers healthier and happier living
Team culture driven by passion, ambition, empowerment, inclusion, curiosity, and fun!
100% employer-paid healthcare coverage for employees with generous coverage for eligible dependents
Flexible time off
Quarterly Wellness Days - everyone fully unplugs
Generous parental leave
Complimentary OneMedical membership
401(k) with employer matching
Home office budget
Annual stipend for professional development
Working late? Dinner is on us
Complimentary Aescape recovery sessions for yourself, friends & family
Compensation: Base salary range of $140,000 - $170,000 annually, plus discretionary annual bonus, plus equity grant commensurate with the role and company stage. Full-time employees are also eligible for our comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), paid time off, and paid parental leave.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Aescape is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The salary range listed above is a good-faith estimate provided in accordance with New York City's pay transparency law.
Begin Your Aescape Career Journey
At Aescape, we're on a mission to redefine self-care for a better world, and we're seeking trailblazers to join us on this journey. We're inspired by individuals who are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. We value diverse perspectives and resourceful, determined individuals who are committed to making a difference. At Aescape, we empower people to reach their full potential, just as our product empowers better living. If you're ready to innovate, create, and make a meaningful impact, we want you on our team.
YOUR JOURNEY. YOUR AESCAPE.
Aescape is a New York-based physical AI and robotics company redefining human recovery through intelligent, precision bodywork, elevating it into a consistent, outcomes-driven practice.
Powered by real-time body mapping, advanced robotics, and proprietary software, Aescape delivers deeply personalized bodywork that continuously adapts to the individual. This creates a superior way for members to move with greater ease, recover more efficiently, and optimize how they feel every single day.
Aescape is building a defining brand for recovery, shifting behavior from a sporadic experience into a progressive, measurable routine, unlocking compounding benefits that build lasting resilience and laying the groundwork for an entirely new category of proactive human health and performance.
Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments, including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Four Seasons, Pause Studios, and Remedy Place, and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures.
Aescape is looking for a Robotics Test Engineer to be the technical conscience of Aescape's reliability and manufacturing test program, owning test protocols for bench and life testing on complex robotic mechatronic systems through EVT, DVT and PVT and into mass production, spanning mechanical, electrical and software interfaces. You will build on the existing reliability lab at Aescape HQ and partner directly with our contract manufacturer and key suppliers to implement and project manage tests, fixtures and test software on the factory floor. You will sit within Operations, working closely with Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical and Software Engineering. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
This role is hybrid, based out of our NYC office in Chelsea.
What You’ll Do
Reliability & Manufacturing Test Program Ownership: Own the end-to-end reliability and manufacturing test program through NPI and into mass production. Define what gets tested and write the test SOPs, protocols and specifications (scope, equipment requirements, sampling rates, pass/fail criteria), validating against the Engineering Requirements Document (ERD). Manage the test fixture build process with suppliers or a third party, and coordinate and run or oversee testing across HQ, the CM and third-party facilities, ensuring test data is uploaded and reviewed promptly, with failures triaged immediately in partnership with the supplier. Analyze the data and report results to Engineering and Operations for approval.
HQ Reliability Lab & Environmental/Life Testing: Maintain and develop the existing Aescape HQ reliability lab, commissioning equipment and fixtures as needed and ensuring calibration and lab discipline. Plan and execute environmental and life testing in-house or co-ordinate via a third-party lab, aligned to standards such as MIL-STD-810, IEC 60068, IPC and HALT/HASS where appropriate.
Factory & Supplier Test Implementation: Define and deploy reliability and manufacturing tests and test scripts at our contract manufacturer and key suppliers, project managing test fixture development by the CM and suppliers through to implementation.
Failure Analysis & Root Cause: Lead failure analysis on parts and assemblies from HQ, third-party lab, and supplier testing; work with Mechanical, Electrical and Software Engineering to drive issues to root cause and close out corrective actions back into the design and test protocol.
International Travel: ~10% international travel required (to CM and supplier sites).
What You’ll Bring
Education & Experience: BS in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Test or a related engineering discipline with a minimum of 5 years of reliability and test engineering experience in a hardware product environment (robotics, consumer electronics, or similar).
Reliability Test Mindset: You approach every test with a clear question in mind, what could fail, how, and when, and hunt failures to root cause, staying with them until corrective actions are verified, not just identified.
Coding Fluency: Strong Python (or equivalent) for test automation, data parsing and analysis; able to write production-quality test scripts and data-processing pipelines independently.
Process-Driven & Detail-Oriented: Highly disciplined about following, documenting and improving processes; writes clear procedures, test SOPs, specifications and reports, and validates tests against engineering requirements documentation; adheres precisely to established test protocols and catches inconsistencies others miss.
Hands-On Lab Engineering: Comfortable specifying, commissioning and operating reliability test equipment including life rigs, data acquisition systems, oscilloscopes and electrical loads. Able to build or oversee the build of test fixtures.
Contract Manufacturer & Supplier Partnership: Experience working directly with contract manufacturers and suppliers to implement and project manage tests, test fixtures and test software on the factory floor.
Statistical Rigour & Sampling: Strong grasp of statistical analysis including distributions, control limits, capability studies (Cpk), Gauge R&R, DOE, hypothesis testing, sampling rates/plans (AQL) and accelerated-life models (Weibull). Working knowledge of reliability test standards (e.g. MIL-STD-810, IEC 60068, HALT/HASS). Use data rather than opinion to make pass/fail and design decisions.
Communication & Collaboration: Strong verbal and written skills for presenting test findings and providing clear documentation of work.
Adaptability: Comfortable with ambiguity and able to pivot as priorities shift in a fast-moving startup; willing to take on tasks outside your core role when required.
3D Modelling: Experience with SolidWorks or equivalent CAD tool for fixture and test rig design review.
LabVIEW: Proficiency preferred (CLAD or higher).
Work Onsite: Ability to work in our NYC office 3 days a week.
International Travel: Ability to travel internationally to CM and supplier sites (~10%)
What’s In It For You
Join a trailblazing robotics and AI company building the future of recovery
The chance to make a difference with a product that empowers healthier and happier living
Team culture driven by passion, ambition, empowerment, inclusion, curiosity, and fun!
100% employer-paid healthcare coverage for employees with generous coverage for eligible dependents
Flexible time off
Quarterly Wellness Days - everyone fully unplugs
Generous parental leave
Complimentary OneMedical membership
401(k) with employer matching
Home office budget
Annual stipend for professional development
Working late? Dinner is on us
Complimentary Aescape recovery sessions for yourself, friends & family
Compensation: Base salary range of $140,000 - $170,000 annually, plus discretionary annual bonus, plus equity grant commensurate with the role and company stage. Full-time employees are also eligible for our comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), paid time off, and paid parental leave.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Aescape is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The salary range listed above is a good-faith estimate provided in accordance with New York City's pay transparency law.
Begin Your Aescape Career Journey
At Aescape, we're on a mission to redefine self-care for a better world, and we're seeking trailblazers to join us on this journey. We're inspired by individuals who are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. We value diverse perspectives and resourceful, determined individuals who are committed to making a difference. At Aescape, we empower people to reach their full potential, just as our product empowers better living. If you're ready to innovate, create, and make a meaningful impact, we want you on our team.
YOUR JOURNEY. YOUR AESCAPE.
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What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in robotics engineer jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in robotics, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering required
- Proficiency in ROS, C++, and Python for robot programming and simulation tasks
- Experience with motion planning, computer vision, or sensor fusion algorithms
- Hands-on background with industrial manipulators, PLCs, or embedded systems hardware
- Familiarity with MATLAB, Simulink, or CAD tools for system modeling and design
- Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with mechanical and software teams
Robotics Engineer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a robotics engineer in New York?
Most robotics engineer roles in New York require at least a bachelor's degree in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science, with a master's degree preferred at many research-focused employers. New York does not require a state-issued robotics license, but engineers who take on design work affecting public safety may need to work under a New York State licensed Professional Engineer. Building a portfolio of automation or ROS-based projects and completing internships at New York manufacturers or research institutions strengthens candidacy significantly.
How much do robotics engineers make in New York?
Robotics engineers in New York earn a median of about $102,440 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $74,990 for the lowest 10% to over $160,220 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire robotics engineers in New York?
Employers hiring robotics engineers in New York right now include mecka, Formic, and aescape, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. New York's defense contractors, medical device manufacturers, and autonomous vehicle research labs are among the most consistent sources of robotics engineering openings in the state.
Which New York cities have the most robotics engineer jobs?
New York, Brooklyn, and Syracuse have the most robotics engineer openings in New York. New York City leads because of its concentration of tech companies, research hospitals, and defense contractors, while Buffalo and Rochester contribute strongly through advanced manufacturing, optics, and aerospace industries that have historically anchored engineering employment in western New York.
Are there remote robotics engineer jobs in New York?
Yes, but they're rare. Robotics engineering is fundamentally a hands-on discipline, requiring direct work with hardware, lab environments, and physical systems. About 50% of robotics engineer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, and those tend to involve software-heavy responsibilities such as simulation, path planning algorithm development, or robot operating system integration rather than physical assembly or testing.
How can I get hired as a robotics engineer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a co-op or internship at a New York manufacturer or research institution, which many candidates convert to full-time offers. Employers like Lockheed Martin and larger Rochester-area defense contractors run structured new-graduate programs for engineering roles. Adjacent positions such as automation technician, test engineer, or mechatronics technician at mid-size New York manufacturers are common stepping stones. A strong project portfolio demonstrating ROS, computer vision, or embedded systems work gives candidates without industry experience a concrete edge in interviews.
Where can I find and apply to robotics engineer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to robotics engineer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Find roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly.
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